Salisbury Sports Club tournament in 1970: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

Line 22:

|p=200}}</ref> and became [[List of West Indies cricket captains|captain]] of the West Indies team six years later. In domestic [[first-class cricket]], he was one of the first West Indians to play abroad, representing [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] and [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] during the 1960s and 1970s. His [[batting (cricket)|batting]], [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] and [[fielding (cricket)|fielding]] were all regarded as excellent by contemporaries, but his decision making and tactics were occasionally criticised.<ref name=np/>

[[Rhodesia]] was an [[list of historical unrecognized states|unrecognised state]] in southern Africa, run by a predominantly white minority government headed by Prime Minister [[Ian Smith]]. Taking exception to the UK's insistence on a set timetable for [[no independence before majority rule|majority rule as a condition for independence]], Smith's colonial administration had [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|unilaterally declared independence]] in 1965 following a long dispute over the terms. International uproar and the first ever United Nations economic sanctions had ensued, making Rhodesia deeply isolated. This quarantine variously extended to sports. Rhodesian athletes, including the 1968, 1972 and 1976 [[Rhodesia at the Olympics|Olympic squads]] (which were racially integrated), were barred from international competition on political grounds. Rhodesian cricket and rugby were not greatly affected as these sports largely operated in tandem with South Africa. The [[Rhodesia cricket team]], for example, took part in the annual [[Sunfoil Series|Currie Cup]] tournament against South African provincial sides.<ref>{{Harvnb

|Geldenhuys

|1990